Stop & search disciplinary action

Jennette Arnold: How many MPS officers have faced disciplinary action over inappropriate use of stop and search powers in the past 5 years?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Covid19 breaches

Susan Hall: Since the start of the lockdown, please provide the following:
-How many parties have been stopped by the police?
-How many raves have been stopped by the police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police complaints

Susan Hall: For each of the past 10 years, how many complaints have been received about Met police officers, and how many of these were upheld?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Repeat Domestic Abuse perpetrators

Len Duvall: How many suspects were arrested for an offence flagged for domestic abuse, who had previously been arrested for a domestic abuse related offence, in each of the following years: 2017, 2018 and 2019.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dispersal orders

Unmesh Desai: How many Section 35 dispersal orders have been issued by the Met in each of the past 12 months? Please also provide this data by Basic Command Unit.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Reporting migrants to immigration enforcement

Unmesh Desai: How many undocumented migrants did Met police officers report to immigration enforcement in each of the following years – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019? Please break down this data by BCU, if possible.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Speeding: A1 Falloden Way

Andrew Dismore: Given the upsurge in speeding, will you ask the police to mount an anti speeding operation here; and what progress is being made with speed reduction measures discussions with Barnet Council?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community resolution orders

Unmesh Desai: Please provide data on how many community resolution orders the Met has issued, broken down by Basic Command Unit and crime type, for each of the last 3 years?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Road safety

Andrew Dismore: What is the best advice for how long someone should drive in London or from London to another city, without taking a break for road safety reasons?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dark web crime (1)

Andrew Boff: For each of the years June 16 to May 17, June 17 to May 18, June 18 to May 19 and June 19 to May 20, please provide the number of possible dark web offences detected by the Met?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dark web crime (2)

Andrew Boff: How does the Met tackle dark web crime?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dark web crime (3)

Andrew Boff: How many police officers are tasked with tackling dark web crime?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cyclists contravening the highway code

Onkar Sahota: How many cyclists have been charged for contravening the highway code in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police collecting personal data at black lives matter protests

Siân Berry: Under what powers were officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) filming and photographing protestors, and asking them to provide their names, addresses and date of birth, before releasing them from areas that were being contained by police in Westminster, on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2020?
Is the MPS retaining this information and the associated images (still and moving) and if so, for what purposes?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Metropolitan Police Service vehicle renewal project and police horses (2)

Siân Berry: How many times have police horses been deployed for front line policing of mass gatherings, broken down into sports events, protests and other, in each financial year from 2015-16 to the current year? Could you also provide the total cost for each category in each year?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Retired Police - Covid-19

Shaun Bailey: How many retired police officers were brought onto the Metropolitan Police since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic? Please provide details.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police unconscious bias training (2)

Siân Berry: In your answer to my question 2019/4137 on 25 February 2019 you told me that 17,000 Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers had had training in unconscious bias.
Could you tell me: a) how many officers in the MPS have now received unconscious bias training, b) when do you expect all officers to have received this training, and c) how often the training is repeated or refreshed?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disproportionate use of coronavirus police powers against black Londoners (2)

Siân Berry: Data from the Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) and Covid-19 Enforcement Report from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) show that black Londoners are more than twice as likely to have been issued with a fixed penalty notice under coronavirus restrictions than their proportion within the population. However, the Commissioner of the Metropolis said, at the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee meeting on 3 June 2020, “I have not gone back to them [police officers] and said ‘I am concerned about disproportionality please stop acting in this manner that will lead to disproportionality’ because I don’t see that as an issue that it is appropriate to do this about.” Do you agree that it is not appropriate to take action to help reduce bias and the disproportionate use of powers?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police conducting home visits to offenders during coronavirus lockdown

Siân Berry: A news report in the Independent, published on Wednesday 13 May, stated that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) had plans to visit 1,000 violent offenders at their homes during the lockdown period. What criteria were used to identify these people who were visited at home, and have all 1,000 Londoners identified been visited?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Street crime and mugging in Barnet

Susan Hall: What action have you asked the police to take to tackle street crime and mugging offences committed against children and young people in Barnet?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Assaults on MPS Officers

Shaun Bailey: How many assaults on Met officers were recorded in each of the last 5 years, including the 2019/20 year?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Advice on driving in London

Andrew Dismore: Should a person drive in London or elsewhere if that person is concerned about his or her sight; and if not what should they do to check their sight; what impact would driving when concerned about impaired vision, have on your Vision Zero strategy on London’s roads; and what action will the Met’s traffic police take if they believe someone is driving with defective eyesight?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

County Lines arrests

Unmesh Desai: Please provide the number of arrests made relating to ‘county lines’ activity in each of the past 12 months.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Helicopter Noise (2)

Tony Devenish: What consideration has been given to reducing the usage of police helicopters and replacing them with drones?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Thurrock Council Investment

Keith Prince: Are you comfortable with the investment that the GLA has made with Thurrock Council?

The Mayor: As set out in the Treasury Management Strategy Statement, the GLA’s investment managers have wide discretion to make short term investments with other local authorities.
This is an essential part of diversifying our portfolio. Although many local authorities face financial challenges, the GLA’s investment managers view the risk of loss as much lower than almost all other short-term investment opportunities.
I’m aware that Thurrock Council’s own investment strategy has attracted some attention, but I am advised that the statutory protections for lenders to local authorities are extremely strong, with loans secured indifferently against all revenues of the authority in question. I take comfort that no local authority in the UK has ever failed to repay a loan; and the protections I have referred to have never needed to be used.
In particular, I am aware that all GLA loans made to the council in question have been repaid when due with the agreed interest received in full.

Section 35 in East Finchley

Andrew Dismore: A section 35 was declared in East Finchley on Friday 22nd May due to two large gatherings of teenagers at the Market Place playground. Whilst the swift action of the police is to be commended, do the police have information about how these gatherings were organised and by whom?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The use of ‘Released Under Investigation’ (RUI) During Lockdown (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: Please provide figures for the number of RUIs used by the Met in the last year, broken down by month and type of case.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Study on the use of Tasers in the Met

Caroline Pidgeon: You previously suggested that the Met would be looking at their data and assessing the effectiveness and use of tasers in their policing and whether this had a negative impact on not just public safety but also that of officers. Has such a study been conducted and if so, what were the findings? If such a study has not been undertaken can you commit to one as soon as possible?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The use of ‘Released Under Investigation’ (RUI) During Lockdown (1)

Caroline Pidgeon: Earlier this year the Deputy Commissioner of the Met assured me that the Met was taking “drastic steps” to reduce the use of RUIs? Does the Met remain committed, during this period, to try and reduce the use of RUIs, particularly for those accused of violent and sexual crimes?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disorder in Whitehall (3)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor how many Metropolitan Police officers were injured whilst policing the Black Lives Matter protest in central London on 3 June 2020?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disorder in Whitehall (1)

Peter Whittle: What lessons did the Metropolitan Police learn from its policing of the Black Lives Matter protest in Whitehall on 3 June 2020?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disorder in Whitehall (2)

Peter Whittle: What do you believe the thinking to be behind Metropolitan Police officers ‘taking the knee’ in Whitehall in the run-up to the scenes of disorder in Whitehall on 3 June 2020.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disorder in Whitehall (5)

Peter Whittle: Are there any circumstances under which you would countenance the use of riot police on London’s streets?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Disorder in Whitehall (6)

Peter Whittle: I would be grateful if you could explain why none of the officers on duty in Whitehall on 3 June 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protest were in riot gear and who made that decision.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.